The justice of mercy

The justice of mercy / Linda Ross Meyer.

Far from being a utopian, soft and ineffectual concept, Meyer shows that mercy already operates within the law in ways that we usually do not recognize. . . Meyer's piercing insights and careful analysis bring the reader to think of law, justice, and mercy itself in a new and far more profound...

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Main Author: Meyer, Linda, 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2010.
Series:Law, meaning, and violence.
Subjects:
Kant, Immanuel, > 1724-1804.
Kant, Immanuel, > 1724-1804
Law > Philosophy.
Justice.
Mercy.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Reference.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Justice
Law > Philosophy
Mercy
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Table of Contents:
  • Beyond Kanticism to being-with
  • Before reason : being-in-the-world-with-others
  • The failure of retribution
  • A new approach : the mercy of punishment
  • The ethics of mercy : the pardon cases
  • Miscarriages of mercy?

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